Google Drive

• Students can use Google Drive to easily use things like Word, PowerPoints, Spreadsheets, etc
• Students can provide teachers with a link so they can easily go in and edit or add comments to their work
• Students can easily work with groups on the same slides or documents and add or take away things

Digital Citizenship Resources

• Digizen is a website that shares the importance of digital citizenship. How if students are not careful it can turn into cyber-bullying. This resources also has a glossary with words that students should be aware of as it defines computer-related terms.

• Common Sense Media helps educators teach digital citizenship to their students. This resources uses short videos to get the digital citizenship point across to students, using real life situations. Also provides teachers with colorful posters that highlight key points in digital citizenship.

• Cyberwise this site is geared more toward teachers and parents. For a little amount of money parents or teachers can take a short course on how to teach the importance of digital citizenship to your students. It also has updates that provides tips on how students and others can stay safe while on the internet.

Educanon for Teachers

• Educanon adds an interactive twist to normal videos students would watch
• Educanon can be used as an assessment to make sure students are watching and paying attention to the video
• Educanon can help those teachers use it in a flipped classroom setting
• Educanon can also rewind so students are able to go back and figure out the correct answers

Ted Talks

• Ted Talks can be used to start up a discussion in the classroom
• Ted Talks can be a great opener to a start of a lesson
• Ted Talks can inspire young minds in your classroom
• Ted Talks can also be used in various presentations for student

Edmodo for Teachers

• Teachers can use Edmodo as an assessment because you can create quizzes and polls
• Teachers can use Edmodo as a peer review where students can review each others work when they post their work
• Teachers can use Edmodo to help students use technology appropriately, create digital citizenship
• Teachers can use Edmodo to help students stay up to date on the latest news and events coming up

3 Disability Apps

1.    ADD/ADHD App: 30/30

This app is designed to help keep those who have ADD/ADHD on track with things they need to get done. Especially if they need to get things done by a certain time. You enter a list of items that you need to complete first. After you do this, you set up a time where these tasks can be completed. This app will track how much of the task still needs to get done as you work, and how much time left you have to do it. When the time is up to complete this task, this app will tell you now it is time to move onto the next task in line. Being able to finish the task during the designated time allotted will help those who have ADD/ADHD to feel a sense of accomplishment.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/30-30/id505863977?mt=8

2.    Autism App: My Playhome and Toca Tea Party

These two apps are designed to enforce play skills as well as learning skills for those who have Autism. These apps mainly help autistic children to practice playing with other children. Autistic children usually have a more difficult time with motor planning challenges, which is where these apps would come into play for them. The idea of playing house or having a tea party with friends allows children to show others all they know. Not only that, but it can help build a young child’s confidence when wanting to play with other children. These apps help to engage in a social imaginative environment, sometimes for the first time for these children.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-playhome/id439628153?mt=8 – My Playhome

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/toca-tea-party/id424174500?mt=8 – Toca Tea Party

3.    Dyslexia App: Dyslexia Quest

This app is geared toward children with dyslexia by testing and building their memory. They will also learn many other learning skills. They go through a quest which with every activity they stop and must complete before moving on will test many parts of their brain. The app specifically assesses working memory, phonological awareness, processing speed, visual memory, auditory memory, and sequencing skills.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dyslexia-quest/id448166369?mt=8

4 Apps for ELLs

1.    Sounds: The Pronunciation: This app aims to help those who are learning English to practice speech, mixing audio, and visuals across 400 challenging questions. This app requires those to learn while listening with four fun games that improve your pronunciation of words.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sounds-pronunciation-app-free/id428243918?mt=8

2.    Rainbow Sentences: This app helps students improve their ability to construct grammatically correct sentences with color coded visuals. The who, what, where, and why parts of sentences are color coded to help students be able to recognize and understand how various combinations of sentences can be created.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rainbow-sentences/id427578209?mt=8

3.    Conversation English: This app helps practice and improve English conversational skills with 20 complete conversation English lessons. Those using this app will learn 200 common English idioms and expressions, improve listening skills, and develop speaking skills.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/conversation-english/id296284263?mt=8

4.    Lingualy: This is app can help people learn any language, not just English. This app can help you learn as you browse about the internet. Anytime you come across a new word, double-click to hear how it is pronounced, read a translation, and read a definition. The words that are double-clicked are added to your Lingualy account where they can be reviewed in a quiz setting.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lingualy-learn-language-spanish/id880933022?mt=8